New Delhi Mar 29 PTI The minimum temperature in the national capital on Tuesday settled at 188 degrees Celsius a notch above the normalDelhi on Monday had recorded its hottest day of the season at 391 degrees Celsius seven notches above the seasons average with the temperature expected to rise further in the next couple of daysThe relative humidity at 830 AM on Tuesday stood at 48 per cent according to data shared by the India Meteorological DepartmentOn Monday the Safdarjung Observatory had recorded a high of 391 degrees Celsius and a low of 222 degrees Celsius The maximum temperature on Tuesday is likely to hover around 40 degrees Celsius and heat wave has been forecastThe minimum and maximum temperature readings on Wednesday are likely to settle at 22 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius respectively according to IMD dataThe air quality index AQI of Delhi was recorded in the poor category reading 272 in the morning data from CPCB showed around 915 AMAnAQIbetween zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Dec 31 PTI Resident doctors in Delhi who have been protesting over the delay in NEET PG counselling for two weeks on Friday called off their strike after receiving assurances from the government that their demands would be looked into their federation saidThe stir by the Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDAwas called off at 12 noon FORDA said in a statementPatient care had been affected at several major hospitals in Delhi in this period as resident doctors have been boycotting services to lodge their protestThe federation on Thursday had sought withdrawal of police cases lodged against some of their colleagues in the fraternity after a face off between medics and police personnel in the streets on MondayOn Thursday a series of meetings of FORDA representatives was held with multiple Delhi Police officials It was highlighted byDelhi Police that they have highest regard for doctors the federation said in its statementThey also assured that police complaints lodged against resident doctors will be taken care of as per the legal procedures FORDA claimedAvirtual meeting of FORDA members with all RDAs representatives was convened late in the evening whereby all the proceedings were conveyed all points of concern were discussed in details It was unanimously decided to call off the agitation on 31st December 2021 1200 pm considering various factors including patient care it saidIt was also decided that a national meeting with all RDAs representatives will be convened by FORDA on January 6 it addedResident directors of three Centre-run facilities Safdarjung Hospital Lady Hardinge Medical College RML Hospital and those of Maulana Azad Medical College and its attached hospitals and several other Delhi government-run hospitals had taken part in the stir hereTheir primary demand from the Centre was expediting of the NEET PG counselling process PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Dec 20 PTI Two more cases of Omicron variant of Covid have been detected in Delhi taking the total number of people testing positive for the latest variant of the coronavirus here to 24 sources said on MondayOut of these 24 patients 12 have been discharged they saidTwo more cases of Omicron have been detected in Delhi Their samples sent for genome sequencing earlier have come out positive One has come from UK while the other from Ghana aged 47 and 22 respectively a source saidMost of the patients admitted are asymptomatic the source said PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Nov 30 PTI Delhis air quality remained in the very poor category on Tuesday even as the minimum temperature slipped to 98 degrees CelsiusThe 24-hour average air quality index AQI read 329 It stood at 389 on Monday The city had recorded air quality in the severe category for three days on the trotDelhi had recorded a marginal improvement in air quality due to favourable wind speed The neighbouring cities also saw some improvement in AQI compared to the readings the previous day with some moving to poor from very poorFaridabad recorded 274 Ghaziabad 291 Greater Noida 272 Gurgaon 346 and Noida 298An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severeThe India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said the minimum temperature in the morning was recorded at 98 degrees CelsiusThe relative humidity was around 88 per cent at 930 AMThe national capital on November 17 had recorded the lowest minimum temperatureof the season so far at 96 degrees Celsius Delhi on Monday had recorded a minimum temperature of 103 degrees Celsius The maximum temperature had stood at 261 degrees Celsius a notch below the normalThe maximum temperature on Tuesday is likely to settle around 26 degrees Celsius according to IMDThe Ministry of Earth Sciences air quality monitor SAFAR on Monday had indicated that favourable local surface wind speed on Tuesday is likely to bring slight reliefDelhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday had said the ban on construction and demolition activities in Delhi will continue till further orders in view of the high air pollution levelsThe ban on the entry of trucks barring those engaged in essential services will continue till December 7 while CNG and electric trucks will be allowed to enter Delhi Rai said after a review meeting with officials of departments concerned PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Nov 22 PTI Dengue cases in Delhi this season have jumped to over 7100 with nearly 5600 of those being recorded in November alone according to a civic report released on MondayOn November 15 the city had recorded a cumulative total of 5277 dengue cases making it the highest number of cases of the vector-borne disease recorded in the national capital in a year since 2015Nearly 1850 fresh cased have been logged in the last one week However no fresh fatality due due todenguehas been reportedAs per the civic report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday a total of 7128denguecaseshave been recorded this season till November 20In the previous years the totaldenguecasesreported were 4431 2016 4726 2017 2798 2018 2036 2019 and 1072 2020 as per the reportIn2015 the city had witnessed a massive outbreak ofdengue when the number ofdenguecases reported has crossed 10600 in October itself making it the worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease in the national capital since 1996 PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Oct 18 PTI The national capital has reported the first death due to dengue this year while the number of cases of the vector-borne disease has mounted to over 720 according to a civic report released on MondayOf the total count ofdenguecases in Delhi this year 382 have been reported this month till October 16The total number ofcasesthis year till October 9 stood at 480As per the civic report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday one death and a total of 723denguecaseshave been recorded this season till October 16 which is highest count since 2018 for the same periodIn September this season 217 cases were logged the highest count for the month in the last three years PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Sep 21 PTI The minimum temperature in the city rose by a few notches on Tuesday to settle at 294 degrees Celsius officials saidThe relative humidity in the morning was recorded at 83 per cent according to theIndia Meteorological DepartmentThe minimum temperature on Monday had settled at 265 degrees Celsius while the maximum was recorded at 358 degrees CelsiusThemaximum temperature on Tuesday is likely to settle around 34 degrees CelsiusThe weather office has forecast southeasterly winds later in the day PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Aug 31 PTIRains lashed some parts of the national capital on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at 28 degrees Celsius officials saidThe relative humidity in the morning was recorded at 84 per cent according to theIndia Meteorological DepartmentThe minimum temperature on Monday had settled at 252 degrees Celsius while the maximum was recorded at 346 degrees CelsiusThe weather office on Monday had forecast thatthe national capital is likely to receive moderate rain on Tuesday and the skies are expected to remain cloudyThe maximum temperature is likely to settle around 33 degrees Celsius The weather office has forecast southerly winds later in the day PTI KND DV DV

New Delhi Aug 24 PTIThe minimum temperature rose by a few notches in the national capital on Tuesday to settle at 298 degrees Celsius officials saidThe relative humidity in the morning was recorded at 89 per cent according to theIndia Meteorological DepartmentThe minimum temperature on Monday had settled at 262 degrees Celsius while the maximum was recorded at 352 degrees CelsiusThe weather office on Monday evening had forecastgenerally cloudy skies with chances of light rains The IMD has forecast southwesterly winds later in the day PTI KND DV DV